Towards an Understanding, Through Action Research,of the Socio-Organizational Issues Impacting on MobileTechnology Adoption and Diffusion Within a Small-to-Medium South African Construction Company
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Authors
Abrahamse, Jacques
Lotriet, Hugo
Issue Date
2012
Type
Article
Language
en
Keywords
Socio-organisational issues , Mobile technology , Adoption , South Africa , Construction , Action research
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Abstract
We investigated, through an action research approach, social issues that impact
on mobile technology adoption and diffusion in a professional construction management
team of a small-to-medium sized South African construction company. The outcome of the
study resulted in a framework of thinking that integrates social factors at individual and
organisational levels that impacted on the adoption of mobile technologies in the organisation.
At the methodological level the study is part of a limited collection of papers that
used AR in the study of technology adoption and diffusion and it presents an example of
the capability of AR as a method to allow for the integration of the social contexts of users
into adoption frameworks.
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Citation
Jacques Abrahamse; Hugo Lotriet (2012) Towards an Understanding, Through Action Research, of the Socio-Organizational Issues Impacting on Mobile Technology Adoption and Diffusion Within a Small-to Medium South African Construction Company. Syst Pract Action Res (2012) 25:57–79
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011